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Re: Need Contact at RoadRunner


From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom () unitedlayer com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:51:02 -0800 (PST)


On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
A reasonable reaction to protect own-turf is to plug up holes as
you identify the local end of it and wait to see if anybody cares
about it after the fire-fight.

So block a /30, not a /24

The likelyhood of being able to contact anybody competent and
sympathetic is not worth the time and effort the attempt takes.

So next time I get portscanned from someone from RR, I should
just blackhole their IP space and wait till someone complains about not
being able to get to www.apache.org or www.archive.org?
Thats totally irresponsible.

Unless you like playing whack-a-mole, you need a smarter hammer, not a
bigger one.


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